With the signing of the agreement on the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) programme by SA Deputy-President Thabo Mbeki and American Vice-President Al Gore on 17 February 1997, South Africa became a full participant of the GLOBE programme. The South African partner in this programme will be the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST), while the national co-ordination of the programme will be undertaken by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in Pretoria.
